May 26, 2012
Scott OlsonSmall amounts of funding often ignored by larger banks.
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May 19, 2012
Cory SchoutenHusband-and-wife entrepreneurs Randy and Angie Stocklin started Greenwood-based One Click Ventures out of their home with
$20,000 in 2005. They now own a portfolio of niche retail websites, including SunglassWarehouse.com, HandbagHeaven.com and
Scarves.net, which brought $5.3 million in revenue last year.
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May 18, 2012
Associated PressMore than 15,000 young people from pre-school age through high school will open lemonade stands across the greater Indianapolis
area this weekend.
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May 17, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will lead economic development efforts for central Indiana by merging with Develop
Indy, Indy Partnership and Business Ownership Initiative, the groups announced Thursday.
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May 17, 2012
Scott OlsonHonest-1 Auto Care hopes to open as many as 20 shops in Indiana over five to seven years and has tapped the founder of the
Signature Inns chain to help lead the effort.
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May 16, 2012
Scott OlsonBrent and Matthew Claymon have founded OnSite Space LLC and acquired Indianapolis-based Tyson Corp., to form OnSite Space
by Tyson. The brothers sold Pac-Van in 2006 and have returned to the industry after their five-year non-compete expired.
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May 12, 2012
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis-based digital textbook company Courseload completed a new round of fundraising in April that its CEO says
gives the company the cash it needs to keep landing new university customers in what has become a fast-growing but hyper-competitive
field.
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May 12, 2012
Chris O'MalleyMost technology firm startups are birthed by men in their 20s and 30s who have a background in computer science. To what degree
women are underrepresented in the ranks of tech entrepreneurs is hard to quantify, but it’s a small universe.
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May 12, 2012
EventzPlus, besides hosting large gatherings, will also offer daily office space rentals to small business owners.
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May 12, 2012
Chris O'MalleyOfficials consider expanding facility that got off to a slow start but began filling up last fall.
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May 5, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis-based upstart CoatChex is preparing the launch of an iPad-based, ticketless coat-check system for bars through
which a patron enters his phone number to check a coat and, later, to retrieve it.
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May 5, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinFacility Concepts’ can-do attitude has cemented the loyalty of clients like Southern Bells—one of the largest
Taco Bell franchises in the country—and propelled it from startup consultancy in 2004 to full-fledged manufacturer.
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May 4, 2012
Mason King
Scott and Debbie Bennett sank their savings into purchasing Greenwood's
Yokohama, which had a past peppered with disappointed patrons.
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May 1, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis-based Blue Pillar Inc., which makes software to manage electrical grids, has closed on $7 million in funding
from four venture capital firms, it said Monday.
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May 1, 2012
Tom HartonHohmann has been involved in numerous high-profile real estate deals over the years, including the transaction that resulted
in development of Intech Park and assembling about 60 acres for Clay Terrace in Carmel.
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April 30, 2012
J.K. WallBioCrossroads Inc. has raised an $8.25 million seed fund in its second attempt to help startup life sciences companies grow
to the point where they can attract venture capital or a corporate funder.
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April 28, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe growing popularity of cloud computing is sending sales skyward for Bluelock, a 6-year-old firm that is turning a profit
and garnering national attention.
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April 28, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisRushville-based Barada Associates Inc. specializes in helping business clients make good hiring decisions—services that
have become more popular as companies find themselves inundated with eager applicants looking for work.
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April 28, 2012
Anthony SchoettleMagnitude already has landed several big clients, including the Indiana Pacers and Northwestern University.
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April 27, 2012
Mason King
The 31-year-old, south-side institution is approaching a potential turning point as it breaks sales records and continues
to hone lightning-quick food prep and table turnover.
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April 21, 2012
Mason King
Josh Springer has moved to Indianapolis his company that designs and
sells draft beer dispensers that fill specially designed cups from the bottom up, speeding the process and cutting down on
foam.
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April 21, 2012
Sam StallMany Indiana home-based food businesses owe their existence to a law enacted in 2009 that allows them to sell certain types
of foods at farmers’ markets and their own roadside stands with minimal state oversight.
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April 21, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIT professor Ali Jafari, who netted Indiana University $23 million on its $130,000 investment in his Angel Learning when it
sold three years ago, recently launched CourseNetworking, which allows learners across the globe to connect and chat around
shared interests and class subjects.
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April 14, 2012
Anthony SchoettleGet Real Sports Sales is positioned to grow as colleges, pro teams begin to outsource ticket sales.
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April 14, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisThree years after budget cuts threatened the state-run Indiana Artisan program, the newly independent organization is moving
ahead with ambitious plans to broaden its reach—and help artists and food producers build their businesses.
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Doug Henning!
These guy were thugs — they grew up in freaking Haughville! Smh, sigh. If the mayor needs/wants "quality" Black Hoosiers who are NOT corrupt, give me a call — I know plenty. Land bank info here - http://www.kubepharm.com/indylandbank/IndyLandBank.html
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The basic idea of nice apartments with parking and retail is a good one, but this design seems overwhelmingly big/tall for Broad Ripple. The size could be disguised a bit with lots of big trees/landscaping, but the complex is too massive to blend in easily. That section of canal between College and Westfield will also need to be upgraded on both sides. Nice apartments facing onto a nice promenade with shade trees/plantings could bring together the canal towpath/Monon recreation, the outdoor seating at existing restaurants, and this project into something that upgrades the whole area. A plan for the whole stretch makes more sense than facing nice new housing onto what looks like a ditch. Is there a plan? Does the public have input? Who pays? The apartment idea seems to be reasonable, but Whole Foods is not a good idea for appropriate retail. Besides the store being physically too big, there are already Fresh Market at 54xCollege and Whole Foods in Nora for fancy groceries. Good Earth and Kroger are within walking distance of the Shell site. There are at least 7 grocery stores within a safe bike ride. Whole Foods would add nothing but traffic congestion. This design is on the right track, but there needs to be more work done to ensure that it blends in with and enhances the existing community. A project that large will set a tone for that whole part of town. It could be a real asset, but only if done right.
I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?